The Death Cure

Your review is well-structured, but here are a few tweaks for clarity:

The Maze Runner story has a lazy and predictable ending: "Let everyone die, and only leave the ones who can't be infected by the disease in this world." By coincidence, this renders the entire story and everything that happened completely useless. Now that this is out of the way, let's talk about the other problems.Repetitiveness:The issue with repetitive expressions continues in this book. Thomas is such an angsty character... Also, how many explosions of energy or adrenaline can a human body have in such small periods of time, especially having been beaten up like these teenagers' bodies were?Memory Loss:So Thomas, for no logical reason at all, decides he doesn't want to have his memory back... Isn't it great that the writer has since released books that deal with Thomas's past?Teresa, where are thou?She went from a major character in the first book to a target of all the angst in the second, to a completely ignored character in this last book. Even her death was like what, one or two paragraphs? A little anti-climactic. Dying for saving Thomas, yeah, predictable.Seeing it the other way around, it was a good if unimaginative way of resolving the catfight between Teresa and Brenda?The return:The return to the labyrinth and revisiting its perils was an attempt to instill nostalgic feelings in the readers. This came to me as an ineffective way of trying to cater to long-time fans and squeezing the last drop of juice from an already dry fruit.Thomas, The Chosen One:After reading the three books, it catches me by surprise that Thomas is the chosen one. He ain't that smart, and he really isn't good at reading people's intentions. Something that came as odd to me was that he never fully forgave Teresa for her "betrayal" that saved him in the second book.Brenda, on the other hand, also lied to him, kept many secrets, had personality issues (from completely throwing herself into his arms after just knowing him, to being a doctor (?) for CRUEL, to finally being a relatively normal girl) and, for working hand-in-hand since the beginning with Paige.Even at the end of the book and after she almost spills the beans, he couldn't figure it out.For the record, I found the Brenda character much better than Teresa; I just think it's odd the loss of importance in the story and the different treatment. After all, Thomas has known Teresa for many years. With Brenda, it was a matter of weeks. Well, it must be the hormones changing his love interest all of a sudden and stuff...

Final Thoughts:

On a fundamental level, it's a fast-paced and quick read book and trilogy with some nice moments here and there. If you read it carefully and try to think a little more about what you've just read, the story really lays out its many flaws and a so-so writing style.

(The fitting rating would be 2.5)

Just to be sure... What is Gally's role in this last book? Another blast from the past, I'm guessing...

What the hell is this.

What. The. Hell.

I honestly feel utterly sick to my stomach by the fact that Thomas completely wrote Teresa off because of what she did but after time and time again of Brenda being suspicious completely ignores it because he's “too tired to think about it right now”. But Teresa is horrible and irredeemable?

Minho does the same. So unfair and not okay and I hate it so much.

Also the fact that Thomas never got his memory back (by choice) seemed extremely lazy. I just didn't respect Thomas as a character at all in this one and I'm very disappointed. I wish it would have been in Teresa's POV she is much better.

Also, Brenda sucks.

I gave it three stars because it's the last book in the trilogy and it was somewhat enjoyable. But in the end, I couldn't get through the lack of actual conflict, the writing, and just the blandness of it all. I ended up reading the book's entire summary and still have no desire to finish the rest of it any time soon.

ACTUAL RATING: 3.8 Stars

What a fantastic ride it has been with this series. The first two books were amazing but this final book didn't satisfy me. It has many loose ends and the level of intensity went down by a landslide. To be honest, the first half of this book was really boring that I'm having second thoughts if I should still continue reading or just maybe read the summary on the internet. But thank goodness it started to pick up pace during the last 20 chapters. I didn't like how this series ended. I think it's highly flawed. I expected more answers at least, and a cure for the Flare.

I felt like James Dashner pulled off a “J.K. Rowling” because he killed most of the characters whom Thomas cared the most, with the exception of Brenda and Minho. Thomas didn't gain back his memories, thus their involvement with WICKED and the trials still remains a mystery (at least for me). I really wish the ending was more conclusive.

Okay, I'm starting to feel like my opinion is too biased so yeah, I might update this after I read The Kill Order. My opinion that's written here is true otherwise.

I wish the ending didn't leave so many unanswered questions. And why did they have to die? I mean, I understood that they had to, but I obviously wish they didn't. Regardless, the book was still pretty good; I wasn't expecting too much from it anyway, I've learned to not have high expectations as a series goes on. It was definitely worth the read though.

I'm not sure this series was entirely plausible, but the action was enough to get me through 3 novels. What I enjoyed most about these novels were the memos from WICKED. When I envision this as a movie (and I could definitely see this being a hit), I think that the script would be based on those memos. I guess that means I liked it in some way right?

It was time to wrap up this trilogy and I dove in with both feet.

Once again Thomas is fighting WICKED, running this trilogy toward a conclusion that was sure to be explosive.

I wasn't a fan of the ending, not just the ending of this book, but of the trilogy. It felt a bit rushed and not completely what I expected or had hoped for.

All in all it closed the series and wrapped up the majority of the plotlines even if I had hoped for more.

I don't know why people have been so upset with this book. For me, the final installment was just fine. Granted, I wouldn't list it as a masterpiece but it was enjoyable. What's more, the finale was appropriate.

NO SPOILERS: Dashner's conclusion was mature and defensible. The final narration is done with strong character voice and character insight. Everything is summarized from beginning to end in a brief State of the Union address. The monologue clarified some details, validated others, but did not strip away the reader's right of imagination.

This series is meant for a Young Adult audience. While not denigrating the capabilities of the target audience, we must evaluate this story through the lens of transformative adolesence. The entire series forces readers to grapple with moral and ethical dillemas. Its characters and plot points encourage us to consider situations we may have never faced, thereby affording us a degree of education without consequence. Coupled with entertainment what more could you want?

When I started this series, I was thoroughly intrigued by the concept of the Maze Trials. As the series progressed, I kept waiting for the author to go into more detail on the “scorch”, and how the maze trials were setup to cure this biological disease. However, it seemed the author never quite made the connection himself.

That major disappointment aside, it seemed like book 2 and 3 were slapped together with superglue and duct tape. I'm not even going to comment on the “conclusion” to this series, as to be honest it just kind of happened, and I had to go back and read it again to make sure I didn't miss anything. As you can tell, I would not recommend this series.